High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 15, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2016-1889

Description

Integer overflow in the bhyve hypervisor in FreeBSD 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 when configured with a large amount of guest memory, allows local users to gain privilege via a crafted device descriptor.

Affected products

FreeBSD/FreeBSD4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

www.securitytracker.com/id/1037400nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:38.bhyve.ascnvdVendor Advisory

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